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Area of Science:

  • Psychiatry and Psychology
  • Social Sciences

Background:

  • Psychiatrization involves the increasing application of psychiatric concepts and interventions to a wider range of human experiences.
  • Concept creep describes the progressive expansion of the definitions of harm and illness, leading to broader diagnostic categories.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare psychiatrization and concept creep.
  • To explore how concept creep can illuminate the phenomenon of psychiatrization.
  • To analyze the conceptual, institutional, and societal dimensions of psychiatrization.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis comparing psychiatrization and concept creep.
  • Examination of the relationship between the expansion of psychiatric concepts and the broadening of harm concepts.
  • Exploration of the drivers and implications of psychiatrization.

Main Results:

  • Psychiatrization is broader than concept creep in its inclusion of institutional and societal factors.
  • Concept creep is broader in its scope, viewing psychiatric concept expansion as part of a wider trend in harm-related concepts.
  • A concept creep perspective clarifies the forms, centrality of harm, benefits, costs, variations, and drivers of psychiatrization.

Conclusions:

  • Concept creep offers a valuable lens for understanding the multifaceted expansion of psychiatry.
  • Understanding psychiatrization requires considering both conceptual shifts and broader societal/institutional changes.
  • The analysis highlights the complex interplay between conceptual broadening and the increasing reach of psychiatric influence.